Archives for June 1, 2013

‘The NHL combine wraps up today, but Buffalo will hold its own Sunday through Thursday. The Sabres will welcome 70 to 75 prospects to town, including about 30 who participated in the league-wide event.’

‘The Cougars acquired the Coppell, Texas native in an August 2012 trade with the Seattle Thunderbirds in exchange for defenceman Jesse Forsberg. In 252 career WHL games Jacobs had 142 points (69 goals) and 332 penalty minutes.’

‘Devine said the Sabres combine will be different than the Toronto combine, “It’ll differ quite a bit, Doug McKenney puts them through off ice drills, a little different than this, there’s a lot of sprints involved, we also do on ice, not quite as hard as the cardio here, we just have one bike ride test. We’ll also interview these guys again.”’